19 for (A)there must be factions among you in order (B)that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

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19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.(A)

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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, (C)that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

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19 They went out from us,(A) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(B)

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10 As for a person who stirs up division, (A)after warning him once and then twice, (B)have nothing more to do with him,

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10 Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.(A)

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30 and (A)from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.

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30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(A) after them.

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Temptations to Sin

17 And he said to his disciples, (A)“Temptations to sin[a] are (B)sure to come, but (C)woe to the one through whom they come!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 17:1 Greek Stumbling blocks

Sin, Faith, Duty

17 Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to stumble(A) are bound to come, but woe to anyone through whom they come.(B)

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you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God (A)is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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you must not listen to the words of that prophet(A) or dreamer.(B) The Lord your God is testing(C) you to find out whether you love(D) him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Temptations to Sin

“Woe to the world for (A)temptations to sin![a] (B)For it is necessary that temptations come, (C)but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 18:7 Greek stumbling blocks

Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!(A)

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False Prophets and Teachers

But (A)false prophets also arose among the people, (B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will (C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master (D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth (E)will be blasphemed.

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False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct(E) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.

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Some Will Depart from the Faith

Now (A)the Spirit expressly says that (B)in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to (C)deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of (D)liars whose consciences are seared,

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The Spirit(A) clearly says that in later times(B) some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits(C) and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.(D)

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20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, (A)divisions,

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20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions

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Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. (A)Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that (B)Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test. But we pray to God that you may not do wrong—not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed.

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Examine yourselves(A) to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.(B) Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you(C)—unless, of course, you fail the test? And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed.

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22 But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this (A)sect we know that everywhere (B)it is spoken against.”

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22 But we want to hear what your views are, for we know that people everywhere are talking against this sect.”(A)

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They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that (A)according to the strictest (B)party of our (C)religion I have lived as (D)a Pharisee.

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They have known me for a long time(A) and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect(B) of our religion, living as a Pharisee.(C)

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